Sunday, June 9, 2019

Wigs day and mufti for a great cause.

We are very excited to be taking part in ‘Wig Wednesday’ on Wednesday 19th June to raise funds for Kiwi kids with cancer. It’s easy to take part – just wear a wig on the day and bring a donation for Child Cancer Foundation.  All funds raised will help support kids with cancer and their families across New Zealand. Prefer not to buy a wig? You can make a wig or make a headpiece of your own. Create wacky hair using ribbons, clips, temporary colouring or old-fashioned back-combing! Please note this will also be a mufti day.


Thursday, June 6, 2019

2019 Cross Country/Fun Run

Yesterday, 5 June 2019, we held our whole school Cross Country day. The weather was kind to us, clearing the torrential rain for a clear, sunny time for our students to participate. The school spirit was high with students, parents and staff cheering and celebrating all students along the way. Students showed outstanding sportsmanship by going back to run alongside their peers/siblings even after they had finished the course. With mandarins supplied by Kainui Orchards, the students were refuelled, and there was an overall pride and joy reflected in the students who obtained such a fantastic achievement. The IB Profile of Balanced truly shone. Well done all!

Thank you to our wonderful teaching staff who assisted on the day, but a special mention of thanks goes to Catherine, Toni, Sharon and Danny. You are the stars of our school. Thank you!
Attached is the list of the placings of the students with the distances and quantity of laps run. The inter-school Cross Country is the next step, where we would like to send students to represent our school. The students aged 4-7 will participate at Springbank School on 21 June 2019, while the students aged 8-12 will participate at Kapiro Landcorp Station, 100m down Takou Bay Road, 12 km north of Waipapa on 18 June 2019. I would like to offer the opportunity for students placed 1-4 to participate in the inter-schools competition. These competitions will be with other students from the Kerikeri District in the same age categories.

If you or your child have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Samantha Roessler.

Friday, May 24, 2019

Keeping Ourselves Safe programme

Constable Rob from the Kerikeri police will be delivering the Keeping Ourselves Safe message to all of our children over the next 2 weeks. We believe that the job Rob does in the community to support families and children around personal safety is an important one. Children may hear things in these sessions that might surprise them or give rise to questions that they then bring home to you. Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions or concerns about the content of these sessions.

I have provided a link here to the NZ Police resource that Rob uses to guide his presentations. Click on the picture to be redirected to the website.



Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Parent & Whānau Hui

The Board, leadership and staff welcome whānau, parents and caregivers to join us at either of two information sharing evenings.

We will be asking you about what's most important for your children as they progress through our school. What values should we be working hard to support, model and develop? Where are our areas for improvement as we seek to make this a school one where every child prospers in learning and confidence? What should our matauranga Māori programme include and how are we doing on this? We would also like to share some developments on new reporting software we are using as a school. There will also be opportunities for you to ask us anything else that is of importance to you.
We will be providing food and refreshments at both hui so ask you to RSVP to help us cater. Our invitation is attached.

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Welcome to Term 2

Welcome back parents, caregivers, whānau and students to term 2. This is another busy term at our school and here I want to let you know some of the activities planned for the term.

By the time you read this the junior camp at Lonesdale Park has wrapped up and the children have headed home with lots of new stories, experiences and friendships.

Junior camp was again a real success thanks to the hard work of our teaching team, Xani, Monique and Mel in the kitchen and all the generous parent helpers. The opportunity for our children to be together, learning to collaborate, in a live-in environment plus experience confidence building in the outdoors continues to be an important part of the junior programme.

Shortly we will be sending out invitations to an upcoming series of parent/whānau meetings. We plan to run two events, one at school and one at the local marae. These hui have been planned as opportunities to fully involve you in our positive behaviour for learning programme introduced in 2019, our new online Linc-ED reporting initiative and student achievement updates. Food will be provided and we hope you see this as an important opportunity to contribute to the school going forward.

Order forms for Sport shirts have been sent home and we have a large number of orders already received back. We are looking forward to seeing our students looking sharp on the sports fields.

The whole school will be attending a performance by the NZ Ballet Company, Tutus on Tour at The Centre. This is a performance designed for student groups and comes with a big recommendation. Before that a group of dancers will visit the school for a series of lessons to Rooms 4 and 5. Thanks to Mrs Ross for her enthusiasm that made this unique opportunity available to our children.

Continuing with the dance theme Room 5 students will spend their Friday sports and cultural block in term 2 learning dancing at the local Hip Hop dance studio in Kerikeri.

Tutus On Tour 2019School hui in term 2 will run every two weeks beginning Thursday 9th May in Room 5. After that it will normally run on a Wednesday. These opportunities to celebrate student learning s a school are open to parents and we welcome you to stay and enjoy from around 9am for 30 minutes.

Constable Rob Drummond will this term be running the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme offered nationally by the NZ Police. For detailed information on the possible content in Rob's sessions you can look at this website.

Cross Country season is once again here and this year we will be running a school cross country and preparing keen runners towards the regional event at Takou Bay, to be held in week 8. More information will come out soon. We have also been encouraged to get feedback about a school athletics day. We have decided to add this to the calendar in term 4.

Matariki begins in week 7 in 2019. As well as many learning opportunities for our children we look forward to a range of celebrations including the annual hangi towards the end of term. Our kapa haka group along with school leaders will be invited to a Marae stay during the Matariki celebration period.

During the term students will benefit with a visit from NZ author Adele Broadbent. Her website provides more information on her work.

The gardening club continues do great work with the ongoing support of community volunteers John and Liz. Salad buckets are now ready for sale again and a discount is available for those who return their bucket from last time. The produce looks amazing so look out for your opportunity to purchase vegetables and salads coming soon.

Parents can expect to receive a single page report this term on their children's progress. This report will supplement the learning progress we are reporting online through the Linc-ED programme. We will continue to gauge your feedback on reporting to ensure we are giving you what you need to assess and monitor your child's progress. This term will will also report broadly on achievement for our school and let you know how we are tracking students now that national standards are no longer relevant.

Thanks again for your ongoing support for our school and helping us to provide a happy, caring and stimulating environment for your children to learn. Early in term 3 we host an evaluation team from the International Baccalaureate organisation. They will visit to assess our performance as a school delivering their Primary Years Programme. Jenna Grant has been working tirelessly to help us prepare for this visit and we are excited for the opportunity to showcase the great work of our whole team. There will be an opportunity for parents to be involved in the visit and we will be in touch soon with more information.

Mauri Ora



Ko ã tãtou tamariki ngã rangatira mo ãpõpõ
Mã te tiaki, mã te ropiropi ka puta te oranga ki a tatou katoa.

“Our children are the leaders of the future. By caring for them and fostering their learning, we assure future life for all”


Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The Wonky Donkey Live Shows

                           School Holiday Skating 

               Week 1 Monday to Thursday from 2pm – 4pm
               Week 2 Tuesday to Friday from 2pm - 4pm We are open Anzac Day.

Fundraiser Skate Night Saturday 27th of April 6pm - 9pm 

All proceeds to Stingrays inline hockey players who have been selected to represent NZ in Hawaii & Barcelona

WHERE:  Baysport Stadium, Harmony Lane, Waipapa

Thank you,
Sue
Northland Inline Skating Club

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